Syrup Jar
Syrup Jar
- Description (Brief)
- This syrup jar is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons. In Apothecary Jars by Rudolf Drey, a similar jar to 1991.0664.0648 through 1991.0664.0664, is illustrated, and attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy which uses a similar blue and manganese pallet. A portrait of a woman with short curly hair secured with a blue band is painted on to the base of the applied strap handle. The label reads Ol d Menta. Menta or Mentha is a mint medicinal used to treat stomach aches and chest pains.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 18th century
- place made
- Italy: Liguria, Savona
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.3 cm x 14 cm x 18.5 cm; 8 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 5/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0659
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 583
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0659
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
